im so ready to start too!! when you connect your water and coolant lines, take pics so i know where im lookin

 

we just put a turbo on my friends spec v. toook alllll weeek and he still needs to get it tuned.

 

Did you tap your oilpan yourself or did you take it to someone?

 

Good morning! (oil pan has not been touched yet) Its time to start the official install. Its 8:16 am here and after i smoke my cigarette and take a poop i will head over to my Brother in laws house to get started. will post pics as i go so stay tuned.( no pics of poop)lol

 

UPDATE:

11:39 PM Saturday morning...radiator is off, manifold is off, bolt from hell defeated in 20 minutes (helps to have helpers), here are some pics.

 

can you take a pic of the exhaust gasket on the turbo mani?

 

it's the stock gasket. i am reusing the stock mani gasket.

 

I just want to see how the runners line up

 

what is that do-hickey next to your intake that looks like a flask?

 

looks like a catch can

 

Yeah a catch can. Looks cool. Install looks like it's starting nice. Should be fun once you start putting things into the engine bay.

 

yeah its a flask that i made into a oil catch tank.

ok. so my bud tapped the oil pan using the same technical fitting thing that shortbus dudes dad did, we had to cut the fitting on the inside of the pan. it stuck out to far and hit the crank or the things thats in the engine that makes it go up and down,lol... anyway we are putting the oil lines on the turbo and ready to install.pics up soon. fuel pump is in and other friend is outting in the gauges. had to grind the turbo even more to clear that coolant pipe. we also put a dent in it.

 

ok, the turbo still does not clear the pipe. what to do?

 

that is frickin sweet!!! a flask catch can

 

had to make a spacer for between the turbo and manifold so that it would clear the coolant pipe. my friend Kevin made it in about 2 hours.